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Ashrafi resolves to make Pakistan polio free in 2024

By Our Correspondent
January 03, 2024

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Religious Harmony and Pakistani Diaspora in Middle East and Muslim Countries, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi declared 2024 as the year of polio eradication from Pakistan.

A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a door-to-door vaccination campaign.— AFP/File
A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a door-to-door vaccination campaign.— AFP/File

During a visit to the National Emergency Operations Center, he said Ulema and Mashaykh unanimously had affirmed that polio drops were permissible, preventing disability.

Ashrafi said all institutions of Pakistan, including religious scholars and leaders were completely collaborating with relevant agencies for polio eradication.